Battery life Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

TUAW Tips: Maximize battery power for GPS apps

by Steven Sande (Feb 17th, 2009)

You know from reading a lot of my earlier posts that I am a real fan of iPhone GPS apps. I regularly use RunKeeper, TrailGuru, and Geocaching to keep track of my wanderings or find geocaches, but I've found that those apps usually suck my iPhone batteries dry very quickly. Jason at FitnessKeeper let ...

Wanted: An iPhone power miser app

by Steven Sande (Aug 28th, 2008)

While Guy Kawasaki might be able to get 36 hours of standby life out of his iPhone 3G, many of the rest of us are struggling with having enough power to make it through a day. Mike Davidson, CEO of Newsvine in Seattle, came up with a great idea for any iPhone developers in the TUAW audience. He'd ...

iPhone 3G extended battery options

by Steven Sande (Jul 17th, 2008)

Fellow propeller-head and all-around nice guy Joel Evans over at Geek.com let me know that they had published a short post about a couple of iPhone 3G extended battery options. Since the 3G has a tendency to suck battery power like a vacuum powered by a Pratt & Whitney PW-4000 jet engine, ...

Speculation about MacBook Pro battery life

by Jan Kabili (Jan 13th, 2006)

There's lots of speculation about why Apple hasn't revealed expected battery life for the new MacBook Pro. The Apple site doesn't offer any specifics on battery life. The specs simply state that the MacBook Pro has a 60-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (with integrated charge indicator LEDs), and ...